Iriji festival 2013. Iriji Mbaise: Celebrating a dying tradition .

Iriji festival 2013 Bene A scene from an Iriji Festival in Igboland The occasion of Iwa Ji and Iri-ji Ohuru or new-yam eating festival is a cultural feast with its deep significance. The first processes of the Iri Iji Ohu festival is the Iwa Ji (cutting of the yam) ceremony. The individual agrarian communities or subsistence agricultural population groups, have their days for this august occasion during which a range of festivities mark the eating of new yam. Dec 11, 2013 · The Igbos in Stockholm gathered to Celebrate the new yam festival in Stockholm , with Dance, an event that witnessed the presence of His Excellency Amb. Afikpo Organization USA coordinates the annual New Yam Festival the United States, in addition to other public service projects to benefit Afikpo people at home and abroad. Jul 2, 2013 · July 2, 2013. Nov 21, 2020 · The preparation for the great Iri Iji Ohu festival in Igbo land is marked by the sighting of the new moon in the month of August, but the time and mode of celebration vary from community to community from early August to October each year. The event which kicked with a Mass […] The New Yam Festival also called “Iri-ji” in Igbo Language, is one of the most important cultural events being celebrated by Igbos from South Eastern Nigeria, where the yam crop is a major staple food. Nov 4, 2013 · By kingsley amaechi It was an atmosphere of festivity and celebration of culture and tradition as the people of Umudim Autonomous Community in Ikeduru Local Government LGA of Imo State turned-out enmasse for the 2013 New yam festival (Iriji) last weekend at the Eze’s palace in Umudim Ikeduru. As yam is hold in a very high esteem in Igbo Land, it is an Igbo wide festival celebrated by all Igbo’s both home and in diaspora. The next Ikeji celebration in the United States is scheduled for August 1 – August 4, 2013 in Denver, Colorado, USA. Iriji Mbaise: Celebrating a dying tradition which will attract laurels can serve as prelude to the celebration culminating in the events of each year’s Iriji Festival. bbel nsrce khso flnlos ato ijkvstp jow obha mppmqqb rtnjfrxyi